How to add new calendar beside private and birthdays?

Feature Requests
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I “just” wanted to add a new calendar with a different color but haven’t found an option to do so.
We have the private one and the birthdays. Isn’t it possible to have more than that on the device?

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not sure that’s available via the GUI - but I remember adding calendars directly to the sqlite db with sqlite3, so i guess it should still work?

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I just added one calendar (SFOS 4.2). So, [Guide] Add multiple calendars + sync using Syncevolution - maemo.org - Talk is still valid.

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This should be a feature request. Maybe @vige can move it there?

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Thanks for this tip. It seems kind of shocking that there’s still no official way to add new Calendars, but I suppose I should be thankful that it’s at least possible by hacking the database… Although I couldn’t find any documentation on the meaning of the “Flags” field, and especially what the value 151 does :frowning: . (Maemo appears to have had a different database layout for the calendar.)

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I did it last month and then found problem with backup (the native in settings app) - only entries from the added calendar were in the backup but no entries from the default calendar.

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The flags are capabilities of the calendars. They are private values used to serialise the information to the database. The calendars are supposed to be manipulated as C++ objects with mKCal, giving a “sense” to these numerical values. The values are defined in mkcal/src/notebook.cpp, see mkcal/src/notebook.cpp at f53e4ade3debb20e3273df0a6a0b3e4b492ddc29 · sailfishos/mkcal · GitHub

So, for instance, 151 means (0010010111 in binary, reading from right to left):

  • can store events, todos and journals,
  • is local only,
  • is master (a local calendar is always master, since not shared),
  • is out of sync (a local calendar is not synced by definition),
  • is read / write,
  • is visible,
  • is stored,
  • cannot be shared with a contact.
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Many thanks for explaining the meaning of the Flags field.

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